What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-3248?

CVE-2014-3248 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.2 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2014-3248?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2014-3248. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.1%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3248?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2014-3248. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Facter CVE-2014-3248

MEDIUM

DEPRECATED: Code (CWE-17)

2014-11-16 cve@mitre.org

Information Disclosure Facter Marionette Collective Hiera Puppet Puppet Enterprise

6.2

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.2 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Nov 16, 2014 - 17:59 cve.org

MEDIUM 6.2

DescriptionCVE.org

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-17. Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine. Affected products include: Puppet Facter, Puppetlabs Facter, Puppet Marionette Collective, Puppet Hiera, Puppet. Version information: before 2.8.7.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.